Rogers: Obama's Middle East trip a bust

3/24/13 11:26 AM EDT

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said Sunday that President Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East was "a disappointment" and that Obama had "squandered great opportunity."

"Candidly, I thought the trip was a disappointment to us. I thought the president squandered great opportunity to actually show leadership and push them in a place where they could either get an agreement on a meeting – they didn't get it, just got a speech," Rogers said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

What's more, the Michigan Republican argued, Obama had "confused" the U.S. position on the use of chemical weapons on Syria.

During a news conference in Amman, Jordan, Obama was asked by a foreign correspondent why "the leading superpower" has not intervened in Syria.

Responding, Obama said that he had few policy options in front of him that would be assured of success, whether that meant American military intervention or arming Syrian opposition forces.

“The sight of children and women being slaughtered that we’ve seen so much I think has to compel all of us to say, what more can we do?” Obama said. “And that’s a question that I’m asking as president every single day.”

"What I am confident about is that ultimately what the people of Syria are looking for is not replacing oppression with a new form of oppression," Obama continued. "What they're looking for is replacing oppression with freedom and opportunity and democracy, and the capacity to live together and build together."

Rogers, however, said he viewed Obama's response as too non-committal.

"I thought candidly the president did us a little bit of harm," Rogers said. "When he was asked the question by the Syrian reporter why is not a superpower engaged in some way to better the prospect of this outcome he said, well basically it's too hard, so I'm not going to make a decision I'm going to send you a check. Everybody sees that. The red line has been crossed."